Genome Property Definition Page
| Accession | GenProp0062 |
| Name | capsule |
| Type | PHENOTYPIC |
| Description | A capsule is an organized, covalently-linked, polysaccharide-based cell surface structure in many types of bacteria. A capsule may protect a bacterial pathogen from host immune defenses, and is often the most important virulance factor. Capsules often differ dramatically in fine chemical structure between otherwise closely related bacteria. Note that extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) is not synonymous with capsule - it may not be attached and may be able to sluff of as slime. The state set for this property must always be set according to strain-specific information. Because the term capsule is also used for the analogous proteinaceous capsule of F1 antigen (Caf1) in Yersinia pestis, the state proteinaceous is allowed. This may be split in the future into a separate property. |
| Parent Property | GenProp0069: cell surface component GenProp0074: virulence |
| Gene Ontology Term | GO:0030113: capsule (sensu Bacteria) (cellular_component) GO:0045230: capsule organization (biological_process) |
Parent Properties
| Accession | Name |
|---|---|
| GenProp0069 | cell surface component |
| GenProp0074 | virulence |
Sibling Properties
| Accession | Name |
|---|---|
| GenProp0007 | flagella |
| GenProp0012 | outer membrane |
| GenProp0022 | S-layer |
| GenProp0056 | type IV pilus |
| GenProp0158 | peptidoglycan(murein) biosynthesis |
| GenProp0297 | lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis |
| GenProp0326 | protein sorting system, PEP-CTERM/exosortase (generic) |
| GenProp0626 | protein sorting system, sortase type, LPXTG/SrtA class |
| GenProp0664 | protein sorting system, sortase type, SrtB class |
| GenProp0725 | outer membrane protein assembly complex |
| GenProp0811 | S-layer homology domain-mediated cell wall binding |
| GenProp0847 | exosporium |
| GenProp0857 | anchored repeat-class ABC transporter, P. acnes type |
| GenProp0859 | protein sorting system, proteobacterial dedicated sortase type |
| GenProp0032 | pathogen of plants |
| GenProp0049 | spore formation |
| GenProp0051 | urease |
| GenProp0052 | type III secretion |
| GenProp0154 | intrinsic pathogen of animals |
| GenProp0648 | phage shock protein regulon |
| GenProp0707 | botulinum toxin system |
| GenProp0849 | quorum-sensing, Bacillus PlcR-PapR system |